Apple Macintosh Performa 600 Series - Manual (Page 77)

Initializing a hard disk
The hard disk inside your computer was initialized (formatted for use) at the
factory, so you shouldn’t need to initialize it. You need to initialize a hard disk
only if
m you purchase a hard disk that has not been initialized at the factory
m your hard disk is damaged
If a hard disk needs to be initialized, the disk’s icon may not appear on the
desktop when you start up the computer using another disk.
How to initialize an external SCSI hard disk
You initialize an Apple SCSI hard disk by using a program called Apple HD
SC Setup, which is on the Macintosh Performa CD or the Utilities disk,
whichever came with your computer.
1 Start up your computer from the Macintosh Performa CD.
See “Starting Up From a CD-ROM Disc” or “Starting Up From a Floppy
Disk” in the section “Repairing a Damaged Disk,” earlier in this chapter.
2 Open the Apple HD SC Setup program.
WARNING Initializing a disk erases any information that may be on it.
Before you initialize a damaged disk, try to repair it as described in
“Repairing a Damaged Disk” earlier in this chapter.
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